Icarus

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Mar 12	awarded	Nice Question
Mar 12	answered	Plug vs Socket: Interchangeable?
Mar 11	revised	What is the meaning of “melaza” in the song “Caras Lindas”? edited body
Mar 11	answered	What is the meaning of “melaza” in the song “Caras Lindas”?
Mar 9	revised	I need a Spanish word list for statistical analysis (as complete as possible) added 485 characters in body
Mar 9	answered	I need a Spanish word list for statistical analysis (as complete as possible)
Mar 9	revised	Quizás or quizá, which one is preferred? added 1 characters in body
Mar 8	accepted	Quizás or quizá, which one is preferred?
Mar 8	comment	Quizás or quizá, which one is preferred? Javi, thanks for the graph, very interesting stuff. So the form `quizás` exists even before the 1800's, huh? Google es definitivamente una maravilla :)
Mar 8	asked	Quizás or quizá, which one is preferred?
Mar 6	comment	Translation of “first time doing something” +1. Initially I translated exactly as you suggest you would do it in Spain but jrdioko wanted to know if the literal translation would be fine, which it is. It sounds awkward but not necessarily incorrect.
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Mar 6	comment	Translation of “first time doing something” @jrdioko that's better :) I will use yours.
Mar 6	answered	Translation of “first time doing something”
Mar 6	comment	Different words for “servant” @jrdioko Siervo is sort of an archaism in the sense that this word is found on very old texts (think of the Bible) to refer to what nowadays we would call empleado, obrero, etc. A siervo is more like a slave (esclavo) nowadays, which is why this word is found frequently in old literature. Have you heard someone say something like "Tengo 10 siervos trabajando para mi" when referring to people? If I hear someone referring to another person as siervo I would feel offended. If you read the word in a newspaper, for example, it's probably used in the context of 21st-century slavery.
Mar 6	comment	Different words for “servant” @Javi correct, that's one of the meanings but Peón is also: "1. m. Jornalero que trabaja en cosas materiales que no requieren arte ni habilidad."
Mar 6	revised	Different words for “servant” added 29 characters in body
Mar 6	comment	Different words for “servant” @Javi interesting what you mention about lacayo and peón, in Latinamerica both are used in negative contexts. Someone that works in construction is referred to as obrero de la construcción or in Colombia are also called Rusos. Hugo Chávez, for instance, always use the words lacayo and peón to refer to the opposition in his country or elsewhere, supposedly because they follow either orders from the "Empire (USA)" or work for the CIA. As far as sirvienta, in Colombia is incredibly mean to use it as a synonym for empleada del servicio doméstico.
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Mar 6	revised	Different words for “servant” added 396 characters in body